Rhinolophus maendeleo

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rhinolophoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yinpterochiroptera Superfamilia: Rhinolophoidea

Familia: Rhinolophidae
Genus: Rhinolophus
Species: Rhinolophus maendeleo

Name

Hipposideros maendeleo Kock, Csorba & Howell, 2000: 234

• Holotype: SMF 79643, adult ♂, body in alcohol with skull removed, collected by L. Stubblefield on 25 February 1992.
• Type locality: “Amboni Cave Forest, 05°05'S-39°02'E, 0-80 m, Mkulumuzi River Gorge, 2.5 km W of Tanga, Tanga Distr., NE-Tanzania”.

Native distribution areas

• North East Tanzania

References

Primary references

• Kock, D., Csorba, G. & Howell, K.M. 2000. Rhinolophus maendeleo n. sp. from Tanzania, a horseshoe bat noteworthy for its systematics and biogeography. Senckenbergiana biologica 80(1-2): 233–239. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Maendeleo Horseshoe Bat